CHS boys lax 13, Sandwich 6

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May 17, 2007 at 12:01 AMMay 17, 2007 at 5:17 PM

Skippers 13, Sandwich 6

The Skippers dominated a good Sandwich team on Saturday at Alumni Field with an overpowering first half.

Bunstein (six assists) once again led the Skippers with his exceptional playmaking. Flibotte continued his torrid scoring with five goals and Grimm added two goals and one assist. Strong play at the midfield by Trendowicz (two goals, one assist) went a long way in setting up the Skipper offense.

Skippers 13, Sandwich 6

The Skippers dominated a good Sandwich team on Saturday at Alumni Field with an overpowering first half.

Bunstein (six assists) once again led the Skippers with his exceptional playmaking. Flibotte continued his torrid scoring with five goals and Grimm added two goals and one assist. Strong play at the midfield by Trendowicz (two goals, one assist) went a long way in setting up the Skipper offense.

Grimm started the scoring onslaught with a bounce shot to the upper corner after a feed from Bunstein. On Sandwich’s next possession, Jeff Brown stripped the attackman, started the fast break with a pass to Bunstein, who returned it to Brown at the top of the restraining line for a quick pass to Flibotte and a goal.

Next, a Trendowicz shot found the near side bottom corner with Bunstein assisting. Trendowicz scored again at the start of the second period on a quick pass from Ernst. When Bunstein saw Flibotte alone on the crease again, Cohasset quickly was up 5-0.

The big Cohasset lead and strong passing game forced Sandwich out of their tight-packed zone defense midway through the second period. Man-to-man defense against the quick Cohasset attack was not the answer, as Grimm found Bunstein, who in turn assisted Flibotte for a fast break goal. After dodging through three defenders, Bunstein again found Flibotte for still another score. Brown topped off the first half rout with an unassisted goal.

Curran was very pleased with his team’s effort.

“Our attack moved the ball very well, particularly in the first half,” he said. “We played smothering, extended, pressure defense throughout the game. Jeff Brown, Bobby Meikleham, Ryan Kucinzki and Conor Holway were terrific staying all over the Sandwich attack. They just never got untracked.”

Sandwich did not score until two minutes into the third period after a Cohasset penalty. Chris Davis quickly answered with a Skipper goal assisted by Grimm. Trendowicz then threaded a nice inside pass to sophomore Andrew Smith, who buried the shot. After two more Sandwich goals on the man-up, Bunstein rifled a bullet pass from the offside restraining line through traffic to Grimm standing alone on the crease for a quick one-timer.

Czerkawski, who again controlled the all-important face off circle throughout the game, scored from his knees after being knocked down in front of the Sandwich net. The Cohasset scoring ended on a textbook fast break started by McCaw to junior Chris Mills, who fed a perfect no-look pass to Flibotte for the goal.

Curran praised the play of Bunstein, saying, “Bunny has made our offense go for the last two years with his unselfish play. He always puts the ball where it should go and his ability to find the open man while on the move is uncanny.”

The coach also pointed to strong, unselfish midfield play from Trendowicz, McCaw, Czerkawski and Ernst.

“Quietly, Trendo is rounding into the best all-around midfielder we’ve had in my four years at Cohasset,” said Curran. “He always competes 110 percent and always has the responsibility to cover the best offensive middie for the other team.”

Porter had another solid game for Cohasset with 12 saves despite playing with a cast on his broken thumb.